9 distinct chords · 89 changes · 4:09 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯m
- F♯m
- A
- D
- F♯
- Bm
- E
- C♯
- B
What you are playing
Chords for Die With A Smile, laid out across its 4:09 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Bm Em G C E Am D B A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 9 chords is a plain triad, so three notes under the right hand covers the whole song.
Play it in another key
The same song, moved. Every row is Die With A Smile shifted by that many semitones — useful when the recording sits too high or too low for your voice. The chords keep their relationships, so the song is unchanged apart from its pitch.
| Shift | Key | Chords |
|---|---|---|
| E major | G♯mC♯mEAC♯F♯mBG♯F♯ | |
| F major | AmDmFA♯DGmCAG | |
| F♯ major | A♯mD♯mF♯BD♯G♯mC♯A♯G♯ | |
| G major | BmEmGCEAmDBA | |
| G♯ major | CmFmG♯C♯FA♯mD♯CA♯ | |
| A major | C♯mF♯mADF♯BmEC♯B | |
| A♯ major | DmGmA♯D♯GCmFDC | |
| B major | D♯mG♯mBEG♯C♯mF♯D♯C♯ | |
| C major | EmAmCFADmGED | |
| C♯ major | FmA♯mC♯F♯A♯D♯mG♯FD♯ | |
| D major | F♯mBmDGBEmAF♯E | |
| D♯ major | GmCmD♯G♯CFmA♯GF |
On a guitar there is a shortcut in one direction: transpose down by n and put a capo on fret n, and you are back at the original pitch while playing the easier shapes. That is what the capo line above is doing.
